Grant Shapps says the policy is 'not a route we want to go down' despite pressure on supplies.
Plans to expand nuclear and wind power are expected to form part of the strategy, which has been delayed amid cost concerns.
He was responding to Labour's shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds who told the programme: "The government should be preparing, not necessarily in public for that situation."Wind power debate While he said there may be occasions where onshore wind farms made sense, he added: "I don't think we want to cover every inch of land in onshore wind farms."
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